1. To participate in the ICES coordinated herring and larval survey of regions IVC and VIID during the two sampling periods 1-15 January and 16-31 January.
2. To sample herring larvae and their potential food organisms in a study of their diet.
3. To sample potential herring larvae predators and to examine their gut contents on board.
4. To sample herring larvae, other zooplankters and phtoplankton for lipid analysis, with emphasis on polyunsaturated fatty acids.
5. To take water samples using the ships pump and analyse on board for dissolved sulphur gases using gas chromatography.
6. To monitor sub-surface water continuously for temperature, salinity and chlorophyll 'a' fluorescence.
7. To run the MS44 echo sounder continuously throughout the plankton survey and to fish for herring on suitable traces using the Engel trawl